Norrie pauses, before reflecting on his own time being front and centre as the British poster boy. “I didn’t see it like that,” he explains. “For me, I never cared about being the British No1. I was always trying to be the world No1.” He never did manage it, but No8 is quite the career peak, and Norrie has every belief his journey at SW19 this year can take him past Bautista Agut and well beyond.
